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THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE Published by Times-Gazette Publishers Limited, 57 Simcoe St. S., Oshawa, Ont. Page 4 Thursdey, Mey 1, 1958 City Manager Plan Grows More Popular In Canada An article entitled "Businessman at City Hall" in the May issue of the Reader's Digest is deserving of the close scrutiny of every member of the Oshawa city council. Indeed, it is worth the study of all citizens whe are intér- ested in efficient civic government, The articles stows how the city mana- ger plan of municipal administration is g.owing in both the United States and Canada, By turning their affairs over to trained profession.! managers, the ar- ticle says, somc 1600 communities in Canada and the United States have achieved more efficient civic govern- ment at lower cost. Depending on the size of the community, these ¢ity man- agers are receiving salaries ranging from $5000 to $23,250 a year. But, it is pointed out, they are, as a general rule, s ving their communities more than the annual salary in the first few months on the job, So far as Canada is concerned, inter- est in the city manager administration has grown until now there are 38 Ca- nadian cities with city managers, In the United States, the system has been adopted by more than half of the cities between 25,000 and 100,000 population. After citing examples of economies ef- fected and efficiently being promoted, Home-Building If Canada manages to climb right out of recession before the close o. the pres- ent year, a substantial part of the cred- it for this will go to the home-building section of the construction industry. The building experts are convinced that 1958 will be the greatest year on tecord for the building of homes. They expect that 140,000 new omes will be started in Canada this year. This com- pares with 122,000 last year, 136.000 fr. the former peul: year of 1946, 128,- 000 in 1955 and 102,000 in 1954. House~ building this year is expected to ac- punt for $1,900,000,000 of the con- struction industry's total volume for the vear, a figure 11 per cent higher {han the $1,712,000,000 of 1957, and $70 million higher than in 19586. This is one of the brightest spots on €anada's economic horizon. It is a re- flection of the rapid growta in Cana- da's population, But it also reflects the $table nature of the credit of the people of Canada, since today a good credit rating is an essential factor in secur- ing the necessary financing for the building of a home, Even under the National Housing Act, towards which the writer of the article, Karl Detzer, says: "The city manager can be com- pared to the general manager in business. He is hired by the board of directors -- the city council -- which in turn is answerable to the stockholders--the voters. By keep- his nose out of politics and concen= trating strictly on efficiency, he can produce results which may make a politician scream, but which give the average taxpayer a break." . These facts and comments are inter= esting to Oshawa people because sev= eral times in the last few years, there have been investigations into the city manager system of government. The last time there v-as such an inquiry, the council committee recommended against the adoption of the system here. But just as opinion is growing across Canada and the United States in favor of having « trained, professional administrator as a city manager, so it may be changing in Oshawa. We be- lieve the time will come, in the not too distant future, when the people of Oshawa, and the city council, will re- alize the value of such a system and do something about it, Bright Spot the government has provided $300 mil- of extra funds, there are fairly credit requirements to be satis- lion strict fied. We are happy note that Oshawa is sharing to the full in the onward march of home construction. Up to the end of April, 330 permits for new dwellings have been issued this year. Of these. 297 were for single family dwellings, In 195%, in the same period, 105 dwelling. permits were issued, and of these 94 wer for single family dwellings. For the whole 12 months of last year, 742 Iwelling permits, 705 single family dwelling were issued the rate of construction for the first four months continues the rest of the year, 1958 may well see 1000 new homes built in Oshawa this year, This is an index. of the high level of prosperity in Oshawa, It takes a sub- stantial amount of capital, even under the NHA, to undertake the building of a new home. The figures would indi- that more and moie people are getting into positio.. of being able to do so, and that is a healthy sign for Orhawa to for It for cate the t The Next Governor-General Rt. Hon. Louis St. Laurent will not be the next governor-general of Can- ada, Of course, there was no indica- tion that he might be asked to assume that high office, But there have been suggestions in some quarters that by the practice of saving an English and French Canadian alternatl in that office. Mr. St. Laurent, might be the first French-Canadian governor=- general. Mr. St. Laurent, however, has announced definitely that he has no intention of .gain accepting kind of public office, and that puts an end to both rumors and suggestions, Mr. St. Laurent, however, did more than indicate he was interested in any other public office. In his state ment he set forth what we believe to be sound principles to be followed in the nomina of those who will be the Queen's representatives in Cana- da, His definition. not only rules him- self out, but does circumsc the field available for ap- pointee, He "It w someone any not ribe selection of the next aid: be seemly f just left the po- not or who has Editorial Notes A statistician calculates that women spend 85 cents of every dollar of the family income, Which make. the Hands to wonder what happens to the other 15 cents, hus- The Daily Times-Gazette IL. WILSON, Publisher ond General Manager GWYN KINSEY editor McINTYRE HOOD, Editor (Editorial Page) Daily limes Gazette (Oshawa, Whitby) The Oshawa [imes (establishea 1871) ona the yazetle ana Chronicle (established 1863, is eu daily Sundays end statutory holidays ex: com or Wh . Members of Canadion Daily Newspapers Publishers Association, The Conadion Press. Audit Bureau of of and the Onteorio Provincial Dailies Association. 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The post of governor-gen- eral should be something one gives to ~vorn-out politician." These are ith which all Can= dians will agree. But N St. Laurent, of course, is no longer in the position of having 'anything say about who will be recommended as the successor to the Hon. Vincent Massey. That prev- ogative in the hands of Prime er Diefenbaker and his cebinet. They may not agree with the policy enunciated by the former prime minister admirable as it mav be To follow the ent would the field po t 0 r8ONS in not a views e now sts Minist of Canada, Mr, St. Laur- down considerably occupants of the that is, if to have it ideas of narrow of possible f povernor-general, t still a Canadian he decides fil governmen led by Bits Of Verse HARBOR THOUGHT Dolphin-days of joy will shape Our remembrance of the sea; Graceful archings from the deep Measure marvels wreathed in spray, Curving colors of the waves Undulate mind-- Gulls that garner in the coes Apron-sail spread on the wind upon the Splendors coil like spiral rings Enameled in the dawn of shells Ready to lift on latchless All an oceon day recalls, springs Let the gathered calms and gales Harbor safe in memor; Restless rhythms painted keels, Cradle in mystery. WILLIAM VINCENT SEILLER Bible Thoughts thy home, God ha to and 1 d and decd will indeed reveal the great things God hath done for us. OTTAWA BE PORT THE PINCH HITTER Labor's Demands Are Analyzed PATRICK NICHOLSON Special Correspondent to The Daily Times-Gazette WINNIPEG The ture soared to 83 degrees Prairie two Yet when delegates ered here the convent the Canadian Labor Congress last wee the merucry in diately plummetted to 12 degr below free ardor President Claude ever, made their when he chose this announce his our feder: 'give the lift." With a brazenness which even certain electioneers would envy, he demanded that Ottawa should lop one-half off the tax, raise personal income tax exemp- tions by one-half, increase fam- tly allowance, and make all medi- cal expenses deductible from tax- able income. This modest little nostrum for our ailing economy would put an extra billion dollars a year in the hands of consumers, who would then, Mr. Jodoin pre sumes that me spend our of over-nroduction As of the CLC Mr Jodoin has power, He has a large following, naturally converted to his own dogma, which prescribes a bigger bone for the CLC dog But as this speech he has little sense of nal respon- sibility. Hence it was not surpris- g that he failed to complete his stions by prescribing how a could make good the bil- lion dollar deficit by his proposals. Presumably this na- tional deficit could only be met by government borrowing, which would of course take just one billion dollars in extra savings out of the hands of spenders. HO HUM--AGAIN As a second string to his eco- nomic bow, Mr, Jodoin told us that * workers should be paid higher wages union workers, presumably If union workers should enjoy this benefit, Mr. J. could not deny the equal right of non-union workers to enjoy a similar in- crease in their pay. So our farm- ers, § rmen, soldiers, small shop-k doctors and other self-employed enterprisers, and even our MPs, should all receive the pay raises sought by unions. By tempera- this at gatewa 2000 for gath- ng point to cool th Jodoin, 1 mouths water platform to suggestions on how government could Canadian economy a ow sales ute to way ou! president revealed, caused FOR BETTER HEALTH And ceive workers are to re- pay packets, our re- tired wo and their widows and orphans should have their pensions likewise increased if our fatter his is an old chestnut, which labor leaders have been roasting for many yes For 'of course, this is not t real intention." If everyone were to be paid more, wut increasing their output, prices would rise proportion- ately and nobody would be better than before the wage-price startea. In fact, higher prices would cost Canada some export markets, and that would cost many Canadians their jobs. But Mr. J. speaks only for un- jon members, and one must sus- pect that his aim is for organized labor to obtain a larger slice of the same-sized national pie, at the expense of all non - union workers who make up more than three - quarters of gainfully - em- ployed Canadians THE LAST STRAW Justice demands that every worker may ask what the traffic will bear. Our economists say that the national interest calls for every worker equally to be paid as much as the traffic will bear. But common sense urges us to beware against demands which the traffic can not bear. When we here the great power of or- ganized labor, and look back over the great advances made by that power, we must do more than merely hope that this new son will ct his own power and not esc! responsibility and moderation to the point where jt is used to bring our whole na- tional economy crashing down in ruins, Mr. Jodoin's most terrify nightmare out here in Winnipeg must have been that the new po- litical aims of his Congress would achieve the improbable early electoral success, and pitchfork him into national, rather than un- ion, responsibility, For then he would have power, even more than he has now; but he would make the disagreeable discovery that his new power was har- nessed to responsibility, such as he has not revealed as restrain- ing his utterances here. His siren song, so sweet in the homo- geneous atmosphere of the CLC convention, would have to be re- written in a very different key for out heterogencous parliament. ary forum, olf spiral See Sam- Do You Take The Time To Have Enough Fun? HERMAN N. BUNDESEN, MD THE with most of us is that don't play enough. Americans are busy making money these days that they just don't take enough time for rec reation and relaxation Re ional there cellent way of maintaining good mental and physical health. All of us need it in varying amounts STRENUOUS GAMES Now I don't mean rule, you middleaged women should go .out A strenuous tennis mile Leave younger person equipped trouble we s0 1s an ex that, men and tame of baseba m tw three such to as a and play Nn or or sw 0 or sports better benefit are to arious kinds of ou to relax are help vould FINE Gol 3s plain RECREATION 15 fine « walking. You don't have to lug a bag of clubs and chase a little while ball around to get the exercise, fresh air antk mental relaxation that walking Erings, Besides, overanxiety that which might be brought on hy tough golfing competition won't help you relax either men- tally or physically Few of us can pass a construc tion job without pausing to watch » power shovel or bulldozer at vork. The next time you walk by such a project, linger a while and watch it. For the watchers, this actually is a form of recrea- You forget your troubles, you lose yourself in the complexi- ties of the joh you relax. WATCH IN PERSON Watching a baseball game, ten. nis match any kind of sport is ! far your physical and th. To get the most you have to get out into h air and watch in per on, 1 television from the living Hl nome such as tion also mental benefits the fre neg ¢ form le f a 0 recrea Rais. paint to relax forget dancing valua rms photography, neip let's not a you And MAC'S MUSINGS -- It is interesting to make Noté of the types of Voices that come to the Ears over the telephone In the course of a day, And try to estimate What kind of peorle are At the other end of The telephone line Some voices are soft and Low, or kindly courteous, Or briskly business-like And these can produce In the listener a ready Feeling of friendliness And courteous response, But we have noticed that All too often there are Voices which seem to Bark over the telephone And meke one's eers Tingle long after the Conversation has ended Some people The telephone They feel it A sense But all actually Is make the listener Aware of their rudeness In shouting abruptly And u ing language they Would not think of using In ordinary conversation. It takes all kinds of People to make a world And every kind can be Heard from day to day As we listen to what is Said over the telephone, READERS' VIEWS L.abhor And CCF Party The Sir ette you the CCF Political bark over because them ce gives imports 1 if does The Monday's had and Editor In Times-Gazette Times-Gaz- an editorial about the People's Party proposed by the Canadian Labor Congress at its recent convention. The CCF at the March 31 election received 10 per cent of the total vote cast, or close to 700.000, They got eight seats, In last June's elec- tion, they received 11 per cent of the total vote cast, with 25 seats in the federal hou-e I do not think 1 need say any more except that with the Cana- dian Labor Congress taking a direct hand in the next election, the CCF, Farm Union and Labor could maybe even beat Diefen- baker's 208 seats which he won this time with 53 per cent of the vote. Whether you think so or not, Mr. Editor, it is high time that we union members took time out to see that we safeguard our hard-won gains at the bargain- ing table by electing our own kind of people and leave some of the doctors and lawyers at home next time we get a chance. Yours truly, JAMES 0 hawa, April 30, 1058 new CORSE CLIMBS TOWER, LOSES FOOT TAUNTON, Mass. (AP) A 16-year-old boy's foot was burned off Tuesday on a high . tension power tower that police said he apparently climbed on a dare. Edward Masterson suffered a 13.000 - volt shock, officials said, when his body touched the high tension lines. Rescuers scram- bled up the tower to lower the critically - burned youth in a har- ness sling It's it's a healthy fun, ! QUESTION AND ANSWER J. B.: My little girl has mumps ! have had mumps. Is there any precaution my husband should take since he has not had them? Answer: Mump very disabling to adult They may de known even power t that immunized against recreation, and can be males elop a condition vs architis heir and reproductiy ma) e loctor may sugges husband be mumps. lose Your I7AC'S MEDITATIONS Cultural Eve nts Of Bygone Days By M. McINTYRE HOOD The other evening we were having a quiet chat with Hon. Michael Starr, MP, Canada's Minister of Labor, about by- gone days in Orhawa, and par- ticularly on the group of citizens of Ukrainian origin. We have known Mike Starr since he was quite a young man in iis late teens, We have always been close friends during these years, long before it became apparent that he was to occupy his pres- en. high place in the councils of the nation. What we were talking about th other evening was the unfor- tunate los which our Oshawa community has suffered in a cul- tura! sense because of the disap- pearance of the dramatic and musical productions which used to play a major part in the lives of our citizens of Ukrainian birth and origin. It was because of our interest in such productions that we first met Mike. It was through that interest that the frirndship of many years stand- ing developed. OUR TEACHER We had another good Ukrain- ian friend in these days -- Mich- ael Petrowsky, who lived up on Lakeview Gardens. Mich el Pel- rowsky we: a novelist in his own language, and he was the first Ukrainian novelist to write a nove: in English. We rem. mber it well, because he gaye this novel to The Times-Gazelte to run as a serial story about 27 years ago. It was quite a story, the setting being in Toronto, and the theme written around what would happen in that city if the Communists secured control, But it was through Mr. Petrow- BYGONE DAYS 30 YEARS AGO Rev. Captain 8. C. Jarrett was chosen rector of new Holy Trin- ity Parish serving southeastern section of .city, and Harry King was elected rector's warden, Melvin K. Kenny of Whitby who graduated in Arts at Vie- toria, Toronto, was awarded the Moss Memorial Scholarship and $200 Annual meeting of the ladies' section of the Oshawa Golf Club wa: well attended and members were great'y enthused over the prospect of the new clubhouse, Mrs, Frank Bull was chosen president and Mrs. Eric Phillips, vice-president Sidney Venton,. valuable mem- ber of Oshawa police force for many years, was anpointed chief of Bowmanville police Erection of a factory unit on cast side of Mary St. to cost $20,000 was contemplated by General Motors to be used for plu h inspection. A 50-car execu- tive garage was completed. Hugh Lucas of Port Perry suc- ceeded the retired Mr. Stiner as Governor Whitby jail, Mrs, Lucas "officiated as matron. R. N. Bassett, jeweller, pur- chased the entire block on south- east corner of King and Simcoe from Fred J. and C. R. hardware firm of s is Bailes Australian Teen Rowdies Problem MELBOURNE (Reuters) --Aus- tralia's teen-age rowdies Bodg- tes and Widgies as they are cal led here--have become a serious problem in the big cities The city council of Newcastle, a large industrial city 100 miles from Sydney, has asked the New South Wales state government to ban youths under 21 entering ho- tels, police theatres, ban horror shows, supervise milk bars and fun fairs, and ban certain comics and other publications. In Sydney, mental health au- thorities say they are concerned at the increase in teen-age sui- cide attempts In staid Adelaide--the 'city of churche the behavior of scantily-dressed teen-agers at all- night swimming parties has shocked local residents. CLEARING UP CHRISTCHURCH, Eng. (CP)-- Sunken boats are impeding the flow of the River Stour in this Hampshire town. The river board will 'ask the agriculture minister to confirm a rule enabling it to remove them. sky, now a civil servant in Ot- tawa, that we were brought into contact with Ukrainian music, poetry and drama, and managed to learn enough of the language tc understand most of the plays, and to make the occasional brief speech in Ukrainian, He was our teacher, ani supplied us with our text books. WEEKLY CONCERTS We remember with pleasure the many Saturday and Sunday evenings we spent ir the Ukrain- ian halls on Albert street and Bloor street, attending produc- tions of drama, operas and mu. sic and folk dancing by the pecple of Oshawa's Litte Uk- raine. The singing of the Ukrain- ian choir of some 60 voices was a joy to hear. The deep-toned bases, the silvery tenors, ming- led harmoniously with the crys- tal-clear tones of the sopranos and the mellow notes of the con- traitos to make their perior- mances a real musical experi- ence. We used to be associated with this choir anu a group of Ukrain- ian dancers, and we tcok them around various parts of Central Ontario; and to Toronto, so that people in other communities might enjoy what they had to offer. Stanley Mozewsky was the choir leader, as weil as being one of its outstanding soloists. In it were soloists ike Mrs, Paul Standret, Mrs. Aana Steziak, Nellie Shewtowsky, M- y Starr, Annie Barron, Mary Rudka, Mary Mucha, Walter Zelinsky, to mention only a few of the names which linger in memory. What a grand company they were. Our part in it was to an- nounce the program, and give a brief talk to the audiences on QUEEN'S PARK -------- 122 ot ---- AT------ Ukrainian . poetry and musie. .) think all of us got a lot of fun out of it, as well as entertaining a great many people. STIRRING OPERA One of the greatest drrmatic productions we ~an recall was that of the Ukrainias opera, "Hritz and Maicsia." It was a tremendous occasion when it was prodvced. We sat enthrall- ed, except for the interinissions Leiween acis, from 8 p.m. to 1 am. Beyond doubt, it was one of the finest amateur dramatic productions Oshawa has ever seen, We remember the w-nders ful performance of Peter Ho.o- vaty as the hunchback villain of the piece, uf Stanley Mozewsky as the dashing hero, and Mrs, Anna Stasiak as the heroine, and particularly her glorious soprano voice filling the hall in the dra. matic arias of her role. We doubt if any dramatic production has ever made so great and lasting impression on cur mind as did that one, It was quite a tribute to the company, too, when the Oshawa Little Theatre asked iL io pres- ent a condensed version of "Hirtz and Marusia" as ove of its productions of that season. Ana' although the whole thing was done in Ukrainian, the au- dience of peop.e who did not inderstanc a word of it enjoyed the thrill of the music and toe dramatic abiity of these peo- ples. WHERE ARE THEY NOW These were wonderful talents that were used for our benefit. But where have they gone now? We are afraid that television, radio, bingo and movies have rokbed us of some of the finest entertainment our city used to have down i. what we have call- ec Little Ukraine. Perhaps the young people of the present gen- eration do not have the same ta'ents and ability of those who went before them. Perhaps they are not interested. Whatever the reason, Oshawa is the poorer because of the discontinuance of these cu tural activities of the people of Ukrainian origin. Rules On Speaker Change Suggested By DON O'HEARN Special Correspondent to The Daily Times-Gazeite TORONTO---Some of the alumni from here have been in the news. Roland Michener, now Speaker of the federal House, has made two proposals. One is the speakership nent, This is an ideal that has much to say for it but is unlikely to be adopted here because of the necessity of closing off a seat. This practical political obstacle pretty well closes off serious thought on the matter. PARTY PRECEDENT The second proposal is a new one This is that Speaker's de- cisions should not be open to over-ruling by the House. Whether this, again, is prac- tical is open to considerable de- bate, but it does highlight one weakness of the present parlia- mentary system, This is that Speaker's decision can be, and are, voted down by straight party majorities, and some bad precedents are estab- lished. It is seldom the immediate ef- fect of such rulings that is as-sig- nificant as the pattern that is set for the future. When a ruling that is bad in More people old should one that the be perma- principle is made it then becomes part of the rules of the House and is followed in the future without question. At the same time to give a Speaker autocratic power would impose a great burden of trust. FEDERAL MEMBER SEEN Well in evidence at the Liberal convention was Bill Houck of Niagara Falls, looking not much different than when he trans ferred from here to the federa, field some years ago. One of the best practical poli ticians to be in the House here in recent years, Bill was one of the Liberals that managed to hang on in the recent election. Like most of those who do man- age to hang on through upsets, he never forgets his riding and is working for the people of i day in and day out. JOSEPH HABEL \ And another ex-member who is in the federal house is Joe Habel, who held the Cochrane North seat here and then moved suce cessfully into the federal field after being defeated provincially. Joe has been made whip of the federal party. It is a job with which, if mem- ory is right, he is not unfamiliar, having been whip of the Liberals in the legislature from 1945-1948. come to HFC for money help Reason? 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